Garland Globe | 1908-03-28 | Page 3 | Card Players Are Gamblers

J f Men and women learn to play tho piano '' without wanting to bet every time they sit Cere! (loua to illstrmnont-"mt ,ll0y cn piny faster than someono else. They can learn Jri2l.yC5rS to dance without wanting to bet they can rc- a main on the floor until everybody clso i3 ex- hiiuated. They can go to tho theater and GaUlblerS ('"J'0)' lt witIlout gninl'Hng that they can remember re-member more lines of the play than tho man on the other side of the nisle; but ns soon as By REV. F. E. HOPKINS, D. D nu n and women learn to play cards the amusement loses its interest if thero is not I - a stake. Herein lies tho danger and tho ovil k jt in card-playing. .j The prizo may bo $100,000, such as somo newspaper dream writer ( recently said exchanged hands nt n poker gnme, or it may bo n water bot- tie or $5, "to buy what you prefer, you know," or just car fare, or "a littlo i house monoy." It is tho prizo men and women play for and not tho mere i pleasure. If you do not believe this, tako tho trouble to learn how many card parties hnve long existed without prizes. Card-playing destroys tho art of conversation, discourages sociability, limits the social sphere, turns what should bo friendly meetings into money-making chances, sots a bad example, and tho inveterate card-player is a useless citizen. i )